Hay-rack.



W. C. HARROLD.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1.913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D c.

W. O. HARROLD.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. so, 1913.

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Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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wvento'a munnllllll I I III! PH Hu -ah W. U. HARROLD.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. so, 1913.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON n W. O. H ARROLD.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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avwvwtoz Harrow VIALT ER C. HARROLD, OF IvZOUN'I. EATON, OHIO.

HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 19, 1915.

Application filed December 30, 1913. Serial No. 809,513.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER C. Pmimonn, citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Eaton, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hay-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of hay racks in which a carrier ismounted upon a running gear or truck so as to travel longitudinallythereon, whereby the load ingof the rack to the full capacity of thecarrier and the truck may be accomplished uninterruptedly from. amechanical loader or by other means. In time class of devices,

the carrier is tationed at the rear end of .provide improved operatingmechanism,

whereby the gearing will be rendered inoperative automatically when thecarrier reaches the front end of the truck, and a further object is toprovide means whereby the carrier will be held against movementupon thetruck, when stationed at the rear end thereof, until travel is impartedto the truck, and the carrier will then be automatically released.

it further object of the invention is to improve generally theconstructionand arrangement of the several parts of an apparatus for thestatedpurpose, to the end 1 that the efficiency and durability of thesame may be increased without any increase in the cost of production ormaintenance.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and consistsin certain novel features which will be first fully described and thenmore particularly pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a truckhavingmy improved hay rack mounted thereonand showing the carrier at therear end of the truck. Fig. 2 is a similar view-showing the'can rier atthe front end of the truck. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig.4 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thecarrier looking at the under side thereof. Fig. 6 is a detail section ofone of the hangers for the winding shaft or drum. Fig. 7 is a detailview showing the trip lever.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference char acters.

The truck upon which the hay rack is mounted may be the running gear ofany ordinary farm wagon, comprising the carrying wheels 1 and a reach orother connection between the same indicated at 2. One of the rearcarrying wheels '1 has a master gear wheel 3 rigidly secured thereto, asshown. Thev hay rack comprises sills a which are placed upon thebolsters 5 of the running gear and are secured thereto in any convenientor preferred manner. Upon the said sills 4 are rigidly secured crossbeams or bars 6 to the outer ends of which are secured rails 7. Thecarrier consists of side bars 8 and boards or other supportsconstituting a floor 9 secured at their ends to the said side bars andextending between the same to support the load of hay. Upon the sidebars 8 are journaled rollers or wheels 10 which are adapted to run uponthe rails 7 and the length of the carrier is preferably about one halfthe length of the said rails. To the under side of the floor or boards 9at the centers thereof, I secure a longitudinal channel bar 11 in whichare mounted a plurality of grooved rollers 12 which are adapted to runupon a flanged rail 13 secured to the cross bars 6 and extendinglongitudinally of the apparatus at the center of the same. The groovedrollers or wheels engaging the said rail 13 will guide the carrier inits movement and prevent lateral deflection of the same so that it willbe maintained in its proper position upon the truck at all times. At therear end of the carrier is provided a keeper or socket 1a whichisadapted to be engaged by a latch 15 pivoted upon the end gate 16erected at the rear end of the apparatus, as shown clearly in Figs. 1and 2. This latch is preferably in the form of an angle lever having itsupper arm extending forwardly of the carrier and adapted to engage thesaid socket or keeper so that forward move inent 0f the carrier-will benormally re sisted, and the lower arm of said latch extends downwardbetween the rails 7. At the front end of the carrier is provided a gateor support for the load consisting of capacity. position shown in Fig.1', 1f the team he,

standards 17 secured in sockets 18 upon the carrier in any convenientmanner and connected at their upper ends by bars or rails 19, as shownclearly in Fig. 5.

To the front end of the carrier I attach one end of a cable 20 whichextends for the front end of the frame and thence extends rearwardly toa. winding shaft or drum 22', which is mounted in supports secured uponthe sills l. One end of this winding shaft or drum 22 is carried in afixed bracket 23 which is secured to the adj acent sill 4: and theopposite end of the said winding shaft or drum is mounted in a hanger24- which is pivotally attached to the adjacent sill a. The windingshaft or drum extends laterally beyond the said hanger 24: and isequipped with a spur wheel 25 at its end adapted to mesh with the mastergear wheel 3, as shown in Fig. 1, and as will be readily understood.When the hanger 2% is in the position'shown in Fig. 1, the winding shaftwill be swung rearwardly in the bracket '23 suificiently to cause thespur wheel 25 to mesh with the gear wheel 3,

whereupon as the truck is drawn forwardly, the winding shaft will berotatedand the cable 20 wound thereon. then be caused to travel upon thetruck toward the front end thereof, as will be readily understood.

A lever 26 is fulcrumed upon the sill 4 somewhat in advance of thehanger 2a and the lower end of the said lever is connected with thelower end of said hanger by a con necting rod or link 27. The upperportion of the lever is connected by a rod 28 with the lower end of thelatch 15 and by a rod 29 with a trip lever 30 mounted upon the frame atthe front end thereof. This trip lever 30 is of an ogee form so that itmay extend forwardly from its fulcrum beyond the front end of the frameand then upwardly in advance of the front end of the frame and thenoverhang the said frame, the upper extremity of the lever havingattached thereto a rope or cable 31 which is attached to the upperend ofthe gate at the front end of the carrier so that it will be always inposition for use.

It is thought the operation and advantages of my improved hay rack willbe readily'understood from the foregoing description taken in connectionwith the accompanyingdrawings. The truck is so positioned that'the haywill be deposited upon the carrier until the same is loaded to its Theparts being disposed in the driven forward after the carrier is loaded,

The carrier will sition illustrated in Fin. 2 so that the lever .Qfiwill swing about its fulcrum and withdraw the spur wheel 25 from itsengagement with the master gear'wheel 3, whereupon the travel of thecarrier will cease. After the hay has been unloaded from the rack intothe barn or otherplace ofstorage, the carrier is returned to the rearend of the truck so that the operation described may be repeated and therack again loaded. It will be readily noted'that when the trip lever 30is swung to the position shown in Fig. 2', the latch 15 will bepermitted to drop into position to engage the keeper at the rear end ofthe carrier so that whenthe carrier is returned to therear end of thetruck, it will be held against Imovement upon the truck until it hasbeen again loaded. After the carrier has been loaded to its capacity apull is exerted upon the cable 31 sufficient to return the trip lever 30to the position shown in Fig. 1, thereby throwing the spur wheel 25 inmesh with the gear wheel 3 and drawing upon the lower end of the latch15 so as to release the same frointherear end of the carrier. The cable31 is shown in the drawings attached to the upper portion of the gate atthe front end of the carrier, but it will be understood that thisarrangement is merely one of convenience, and that the said cable may beotherwise disposed.

My apparatus is composed of veryrfew parts and these parts are all ofvery simple construction, so that it is not apt to get out of order andrepairs will not be frequently needed. Moreover, the apparatus willopcrate easily'and places no excessive strain upon the draft animals.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: g V

'1. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a wheeled truck, acarrier mounted to travel thereon, means at the rear end of the truckfor normally'holding the carrier at rest, means on the truck foractuating the carrier, and means for moving said actuating means to aninoperative position and simultaneously moving to operative position themeans for holding the carrier at rest.

2.1a an apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination'of awheeled truck, a carrier mounted to travel thereon, a windingshafthaving one end loosely mounted upon the. truck, a cable secured tothe said shaft and to the front end of the carrier, a master gear on thetruck, a gear on one end of said shaft adapted to mesh with the mastergear, a vibratory hanger pivoted at end of the winding shaft which isequipped with a gear, a lever fulcrumed between its ends on the side ofthe truck in advance of said hanger, a link connecting the lowerencl ofsaid lever with the lower end of the hanger, a trip lever fulcrumed atits lower end upon the front end of the truck and having its upper edgeprojecting over the truck into the path of the carrier, and a connectingrod pivoted at its rear end to the upper end of the first-mentionedlever and at its front end to the trip lever above the lower endthereof.

3. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination of awheeled truck,

a carrier mounted to travel thereon, a latch mounted at the rear end ofthe truck and adapted to engage the rear end of the car- V r1er, meansfor actuating the carrier comits upper end on the truck and carryingthat prising a shaft mounted upon the truck, a lever mounted upon thetruck and connected with said shaft tomove the same to operative andinoperative positions, a trip lever mounted at the front end of thetruck in the path ofthe carrier, a connection between said trip leverand the first mentioned lever, a connection between the first mentionedlever and the latch.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER G. HARROLD.

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Washington, D. G.

